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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-06
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-06

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-06

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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-10-20
A VETERAN CONFEDERATE.
Death of Gen. William Preston at Lex
juctou,

Death OF Gen. William Preston at Lex
inGtor.
Gen. William Preston, a distinguished
Kentuckian and prominent Confederate Off
Ger during the war, died at his residence in
Lexington on the 21st inst, aged Il years
He was born in Louisville and educated for
the law, beginning his practice in Louisville
as partner of the Hon. William }. Graves
When the Mexican war began Mr.. Preston
took up subscription of $4,000, which he
placed in bank to the credit Of the state gov
ernment, to be used in forwarding troops.
In August, 1916, requisition was made on
Kentucky for two additional regiments, and
in about five weeks they were raised. Mr..
Preston enlisted as a private, but was soon
made lieutenant colonel in the Fourth regi-
ment, which was attached to SCOTS column.
After participating in the most memorable
battles of the war, he remained in the City of
Mexico until the treaty of peace was made in
1S4S
After his return from Mexico Gen Preston
was chosen. in 1S49, a joint member with the
Hon. James Guthrie to represent Louisville at
the convention which formed the present con-
stitution of the state of Kentucky He led
the opposition to G. Davis III the Know
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-10-20

TIE LATE GEN. PRESTON. risior ord fo,.,no
ton of the code now III existence and
although strongly opposed by the legal
profession, he carried it through. He was
chosen Wing elector in 1852, AMI at the fol-
lowing election was sent to congress from the
Louisville district by large majority. He
was reelected in 1854 served OH the commit
tee on foreign relations, and took an active
part in the sectional discussions of the time
He again ran for congress, but was defeated
after a warm contest by Gen. Humphrey
Marshall, candidate of the Know-Nothing
party On election day, Aug. 6, 1866, many
Roman Catholics and foreigners lost their
lives, and the day has ever since been known
in Louisville as Bloody Monday" In the
midst of the riotous proceedings Gen. Preston
used every effort in his power, although ex-
posed to great personal danger, to quell the
riot.
In 1856 Preston became a Democrat and
was delegate to the Cincinnati convention
which nominated Buchanan and Breckin-
ridge Buchanan appointed him minister to
Spain, and he served until the end of that
administration. He arrived home soon after
the battle of Manassas. He was brother-in-
law to Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, and
was made colonel of his staff.
He served during the Kentucky campaign
at Bowling Green and Nashville, was at the,
fall of Donelson, the siege of Corinth and at
the battle of Shiloh, where Gen. Johnston,
falling mortally wounded, died in bis arms at
the nlom mt of supposed victory. He was
soon afterward made brigadier general,
next i'll rank to Gen. Breckenridge. He was
prominent figure in many of the great
battles of the rebellion, and at Murfrees-
borough especially he showed great daring.
After the battle of Chickamauga Preston
was sent by the Confederacy as ambassador
to Mexico, London and Paris. After making
his reports he requested a recall, and re-
turned. With considerable trouble he ran
the blockade and joined Kirby Smith on the
Rio Grande. and was promoted to the rank
of major general. He refused to give his
terms of surrender, and at the close of the
rebellion, in company with five or six friends,
he went to Mexico, thence to Havana, and
later he accompanied Mr.. Benjamin to
Europe. Afterward he went to Canada, and
returned to Washington in 1866. He then
gave his parole to Gen. Grant and left
for his native state. Since then he has lived
quietly in Lexington, holding no office save
that of legislator one term. He was delegate
for the state at large and chairman of the
Kentucky delegation to the Cincinnati con:
vention which nominated Gen. Hancock for
the presidency.
The picture represents Gen. Preston as he
appeared in the time of the war.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-10-20
TO COUNTY FAIR ORATORS.

He started for the county fair, the ambitious
candidate,
While his rival went a fishing with a flask he la.
beed "bait!''
Upon the sun tanned sons Of toll my heart with
pleasure dotes,
ll9ve their simple ways" said he, 'and venerate
their votes.''
lie arose before the people. but their eyes were
all agog,
In strained expectancy to see the thousand dol
lar hog;
MY fellow countrymen," !" he said, in accents loud
and full
i deep, stentorian mighty roar came from the
Durham bull
Good men from Geebuck county, and brothers,
one and ALL
At this the champion donkey brayed from out his
neighboring stall;
Just then the horse race was announced; the
people scattered wide,
And q sympathetic Jersey COW looked up at him
and sighed.
Thus left in solitude alone, he staggered to the
rail;
4 COW began to taste his coat and masticate its
lie seized his tailless covering and from the stage
he ran,
And squantered all his money on a three card
monte man.
Such fate the lucllless candidate had on that
direful day,
And next lis rival at the polls bore all his votes
away.
I'VE want no man to govern u.s. each farmer
said 81 swow,
Who'll let himself be all ct up by any burned old
cow S. w. Foss in Detroit Free Press
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-10-20
Negro characteristics.

think / have found the secret Of the
negroes slow work in picking out the cotton
crop; they seem to be utterly Indifferent as
to whether it is lost or saved, picking in most
cases barely enough to pay for meat and
bread, and as many farmers throughout the
country are complaining that they can't get
the negro to work, l will give them the bene-
ct of my discovery. This is Saturday, and,
unlike the New York holiday statute, custom
among the negroes has made not only SatT-
day evening holiday, but they take the whole
day. So bethought myself to try and hire
some of them as they passed my field. TAX
ing a seat upon the fence by the roadside,
offered to hire many as they wended their
way to Selma, but they all declined, as it
was Saturday and they must have rest.
Finally an old gray headed fellow came
along, and after much parleying l sliamed
him into the idea of working. Said he would
pick for me. Asked what would pay him.
told him fifty cents per 1GO. He shook his
head, and said: "No, boss, tank you; but
can't work for dat"
/ said well, as starter, and to induce
others, Ill give you seventy-five cents per
hundred, but he must not let the others know
l was partial to him. mo, no, no, boss, l
can't pick for dat" and lie started to leave
me. "Hold on" said /, "s1 per hundred.
What say you to that!' "Wuss and wuss,
boss. Speck we can't trade" "Well," said /,
"what will you pick forp "I'll pick for
twenty-five cents hundred, boss" "Well, tell
me, you old fool, whyi is it you want to pick
at twenty-five cents, when I offer you ST."
swell, said he, "boss l speck you's like de
balance of de white folks, you mout not pay
me, and den wouldn't lose quite SO much."-
Burnsvile Cor. Selma (Ala.) Times
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-10-20
HOWARD UNIVERSITY.

This new university, while Catholic in its
management, will be open to all, and it will
probably be patroniZed by students of all re-
| lgions. 1t will be by no means the only
Catholic institution at the capital Tue
Jesuit college at Georgetown is one Of the
Oldest colleges in the United States. and its
new building is architecturally one of the
finest. This college was founded in the first
year of Washington's presidency, and two
years from now it will be 100 years old. Its
college buildings are situated on a brow of a
hill overlooking the Potomac, and the
grounds cover more than 100 acres. 1t has
an old library, which makes one think of the
libraries of Oxford and Cambridge, and the
| old brick building, which was erected nearly
| 100 years ago out of imported bricks, still
stands behind the new stone structure. 1t is
| in this building that the library is situated,
| and no one can fail to be impressed
| by walking through the alcoves which
| contain its sc, 900 volumes. Among these are
| some of the rarest manuscripts in the coun-
| try, and there are three which date back
| beyond A. D. 14O0 One hundred Of the vol
umes were printed between AGO and 1920,
| and the shelves contain many rare and Gu
rious works. Just below this university is
the Georgetown convent, one of the noted fe-
male semnaries of the Catholic church, and
beside it is the Georgetown academy. In
these schools many Of the fashionable society
ladies Of Washington were educated, and they
are seldom without the daughters of many
public men among their pupils The Catholic
society Of Washington is large and fashion,
able one. The majority Of the diplomats at
tend the Catholic church. Gen. Sheridan is q
Catholic, Mrs. Gen. Sherman is member Of
St. Matthews, and Mrs Admiral Dahlgren
is one of the leaders Of the Catholic society OF
washington. There are twelve Catholic
churches here, and one Of these is colored. !.
washington has one Of the most noted
colored colleges of the country, and it has one
of the most noted deaf and dumb schools in
the world. The Howard university, devoted
TO the education of the colored race, has now
about 800 students. and its extensive grounds,
by the rapid increase Of suburban values M I'm in
washington, make it wealthy. 1t has big
hu;ldine and it has schools OF theology, meoi-
cine and law, beside its collegiate department.
r. admits both sexes. and il turns ont como
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-10-20
COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY.

be has been absent. 1t will be strange indeed
if he does not make $4,000 or so out OF 1t.
His books are paying him better now than
any writing he ever did in the past. He has
learned that the only way to make much
money from books is to sell them by subscrip-
ton, and his Diversions Of a DIPLOMAT are
to be sold in this way. His publishers are
the same as those who made $1,000, 600 out OF
Grants book, and Mr.. Cox will be satisfied if
they do one-tenth as well by him. His politi-
cal book brought him in between S12, 600 and
s15. 900. and have heard it whispered that
he got fully this much for the Diversions OF
a DIPLOMAT as q cash payment, and that he
is to get royalty as well. l imagine this is
more than he made from his other books Of
foreign travel, though I understand that his
"Why We Laugh continues to bring him in
little pin money.
Col. Tom Bayne, of Pittsburg, is another
statesman who is here attending to house
building. Bayne is putting up two very fine
stone structures on Massachusetts, avenue, one
of which he expects to sell at a handsome ad-
vance over its cost. He will live in the other
and will be among the millionaire entertainers
of the coming winter. Bayne will cut COLI
siderable of figure in the coming congress.
He is a natural fighter and he has tongue
which runs like CREASED lightning when it
oets started. He has brains, however, to back
his emphatic gestures, and he will be one of
the leaders OF the Republican side of the
bonse. | chatted with him at the Arlington
hotel about Pittsburg and its prosperity. He
tells me that the Alabama boom has not in
iured it in the least, and that there is no
danger Of its doing SO. "We manufacture"
said he, "a higher grade OF iron ore than the
south can ever make, and 10 matter how
cheap their iron becomes, ours will always
hold its own. The Lake Superior ore is the
finest in the world, and it will always turn
ont a better grade of iron and steel than the
Alabama. There is much Pittsburg money,
however. going south, and number OF Pitts
burgers are interested in the various manu-
factories there. Our natural gas is adding
great deal to the quality OF our iron, ana we
are going to be able to make the best cannon
in the world"
"How so?' asked.
aBy natural gas" replied Col. Bayne, 1--WE
are able to distribute our heat over large
surface in such way that we can produce
much better quality of iron than can be made
by the old methods. Our cannon Will be
stronger than those made anywhere else, and
Pittsburg will be eventually the cannon
foundry of the world.
"We expect to make the best glass in the
world through the aid Of this gas, and we get
through it a purer heat than has ever been
gotten before Pittsburg is growing very
fast. Allegheny county has, should judge,
about 400, 900 people, and its industries grow
right along"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-10-20

| PLAN OF THE PROPOSED UNIVERSITY.
will contain library of 10000 volumes, and
will have lecture room seating 800 persons.
| 1t will take from one to three years to erect
| the building, and after its completion it is
supposed that the other buildings will be rap
| idly begun. One of the estimates of the
| total cost of the university is, am told,
| $4,000, 900, and the leading men of the church
here say that 10 will have the finest professors
| in the world. 1t is to be located very near
| the Soldiers home, and better situation for
great school could not be found. The
ground is high and part of it overlooks the
| city. By the time it is built the university
will have close connection with the city by
| street or cable cars, and in addition to the
advantages of the university itself the great
scientific, literary and art collections Of
| Washington will be opened to its students
Washington is destined to become the edu-
| cational center of the United States. 1t has
already number of schools and colleges, and
there is no better place in the country for the
study of science, medicine and the law. The
largest medical library in the world is, I
think, that of the surgeon generals office,
and the largest general library i'll the United
States is the library of congress at the Capt.
sonian institution are surpassed nowhere in
| this country, and lectures on scientific sub.
| jects are given here free throughout the year.
| AS to the law colleges of Washington, the most
eminent lawyers of the country are here, and
| the best of these lecture to the students. The
courts are of every kind, from the lowest to
the highest, and the supreme court of the
| United States holds open sessions. The gov
| ernment scientists Gre often lecturers in the
scientific branches of the great schools here,
and the number of foreigners in Washington
is so large that good French and German
teachers are always to be found. Washing
ton, in fact, is full of private schools for the
teaching of the languages, and the city has
| more Americans who are conversant with
the French and German than any other town
of its size in the United States AS to Amer
lean history and the study of the duties of an
American citizen, Washington furnishes a
| splendid school, and no student could fail to
| profit by his contact here with public men
and public questions. He could not fail to
| gain general idea of the workings of the
| government, and would necessarily become
posted ON the great questions of the day
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-10-20
Helena, Montana, Thursday, October 20, 1887.

"Pittsburg paid out in wages in 1880 s22,-
900 O,0O0," Col Bayne continued, land l am
sure that it pays out at least $50, 100000 a
year now. We have number of high priced
men among our laborers, and the skilled men
in the foundries get S., $40 and SIS day.
There are 900 men, should judge, in Pitts
burg who receive at least 5000 year sal
aries, and Andrew Carnegie has one foreman
whom he pays s25, 900 year"
"Then suppose that Pittsburg employers
deal very fairly with their employees"
Il think they do. The majority of our rich
men-and we have number of them-are
men who have made their own money They
have worked their way up to their present
positions by brains and muscle, and they
know how to appreciate their laborers from
having been in the same places themselves"
THOMAS }. TODD.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-10-20

conclusion forced upon them that what they
want doesn't want them.
The trouble with good many boys is that
they think the red grapes that grow on
neighbors vine, and that have to be picked
after dark, are good deal sweeter and better
than the ripe black grapes that grow on theil
own vines, and can be gathered in the bright
sunlight of publicity.
The trouble with a great many editors is
that they don't think one-haf as much as
they write.
The trouble with great many readers is
that they don't understand how much easier
it is to point out a tree in magnificent land
scape that is a hairs breadth out of perspect-
i've than it is to paint the magnificent land.
scape itself.
The trouble with a good many Vassar grad
yates is that they know more about expedi-
tious ways of getting from the second story
down to the lower hall than they do about
making Christian bread.
The trouble with almost all the ministers is
that they don't hear other ministers preach
often enough to know what really first
class, bang up sermon is.-Somerville Jour.
mol
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-10-20

The newl -atched snakes, if not properly
cared for by their mother, are taken to the
colonel's home, located in one corner Of the
lot, and there fed by the children, who catch
bugs for them about the garden and street.
Sometimes the eggs were Matched out under
the stove. A half dozen very large snakes,
with their fangs drawn, are kept about the
house as pets. They are excellent mousers,
much better than cats, the colonel says. The
colonel wanders about his farm. taking no
other precaution against the reptiles than to
wear pair of thick boots. When reporter
called on him the colonel complained that the
neighbors did not come to visit him very
often, and that his wife didn't like that much,
for she was fond Of company, but, on the
whole, since there was plenty of money in the
business they were very well CONTENT
Omaha Herald.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-10-20
The Letter.

Through common hands, unmindful of its worth,
4 little missve found its way to me;
And regarded it half carelessly,
Believing that no more upon this earth
A written line could bring me joy or dorth.
But as I read, a sudden, solemn thrill
Flung over me q cold akin to pain;
And cords within me. never struck in vain,
1eapt into life and swayed my soul at will,
As some slight sapling on wind swept hill.
II told me naught had not known before,
That letter-yet tiny, fluttering hope
TIL then within my world worn heart had scope
For gauzy wings, whose rosy texture wore
The golden glints my early fancies bore.
W lips grow pale where sneers are won't to sit,
Tears fill the eyes I thought too fierce to weep;
And all my pride two words can overleap-
For only two the letter has in it,
Bal potent, paralyzing: "Please Remit"
lid Bits.